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Polyphenols and disease risk in epidemiologic studies
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Plant polyphenols, a large group of natural antioxidants, are serious candidates in explanations of the protective effects of vegetables and fruits against cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Epidemiologic studies are useful for evaluation of the human health effects of long-term exposure to physiologic concentrations of polyphenols, but reliable data on polyphenol contents of foods are still scarce. The aim of this review is to summarize available epidemiologic data on the health effects of polyphenols, focusing on the flavonoid subclasses of flavonols, flavones, and catechins and on lignans. Data obtained to date suggest beneficial effects of both flavonoids and lignans on cardiovascular diseases but not on cancer, with the possible exception of lung cancer. There is a need for more research on stroke and lung diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Most studies to date have included only flavonols and flavones. With data becoming available for other polyphenols, these compounds should be included in future studies. Careful design of prospective studies is important to offset some of the major drawbacks of epidemiologic studies, including residual confounding (by smoking and other dietary factors) and exposure assessment.
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“In humans, it was shown that there is a correlation between dietary phenolic compound intake and a reduced incidence of chronic diseases such as cancers, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases (Arts and Hollman, 2005)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Arts, I. C., & Hollman, P. C.
- Affiliations
- Wageningen University & Research (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Arts, Ilja CW
- Venue
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-01
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 317S-325S
- ISSN
- 0002-9165 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2129133439
- Cited by
- 1,916
- References
- 74
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (submittedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- ZonMw
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry (medical) › Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry (medical) › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Keywords
- plant polyphenols, flavonoids, flavonols, flavones, catechins, lignans, cardiovascular disease, cancer risk, lung cancer, stroke, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dietary exposure assessment, residual confounding, prospective study design
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Animals, Antioxidants, Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Trials as Topic, Epidemiologic Methods, Female, Flavonoids, Humans, Male, Neoplasms, Phenols, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Polyphenols
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